IndiGo is reportedly venturing into electric air taxis which will represent a significant leap forward in urban transportation and help to travel faster, safer, and more environmentally friendly way.
According to an order released by the state Transport Department, the fares for app-based cab aggregators as well as city taxis would be uniform and the new fares would be applicable across the state with immediate effect.
Last month, more than 1,500 bike taxi drivers had written to the LG demanding that they be given the same timeline for conversion to electric vehicles as their counterparts in delivery services.
The bike taxi drivers, in the letter written to Delhi LG VK Saxena, cited the high cost of EVs than that of a normal bike. The letter also stressed that bike taxi drivers solve a very crucial problem of last-mile connectivity to major transport hubs.
Delhi Transport Commissioner Ashish Kundra said the government will write to bike-taxi aggregators and also appeal to them through the media to comply with the Supreme Court order or face action.
Heavy fine on violators: Transport department said it understands that bike taxis generate employment but the security of the passengers cannot be compromised.
Among the cities with the highest number of Uber trips in 2022 were Delhi-NCR, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Mumbai. The top five cities with intercity routes were Mumbai to Nashik, Mumbai to Pune, Delhi to Agra, Lucknow to Kanpur and Jaipur to Chandigarh.
Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot confirmed that the government is planning to increase the fares.
Ola Dash shuts down at a time when India's quick commerce market is all set to witness 15 times growth by 2025, reaching a market size of nearly $5.5 billion.
Liverpool Mayor Joanne Anderson said the taxi driver locked the doors of his cab so the passenger couldn’t leave. The police did not confirm that account.
Digital fare meters along with printer, GPS, and the panic button will soon be fitted on all taxis in Goa, state Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho has said.
The minimum fare for Mumbai's autorickshaws and taxis will be Rs 21 and Rs 25 respectively from March 1 after a hike of Rs 3 was approved on Monday, said Maharashtra Transport Minister Anil Parab.
Bike taxi platform Rapido on Monday announced the launch of rental services for multi-point trips in six cities --Bangaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, and Jaipur.
HLW Cab Services, Odisha’s app-based car rental, and taxi service provider announced the launch of its cab rental services in Delhi NCR on Thursday, January 14. HLW Cab will roll out its cab-hailing services in Delhi-NCR at affordable prices with all safety precautions in place, a press release stated.
The All India Taxi Union on Monday threatened to go on strike if the demands of the farmers, protesting against the Centre's new farm laws at different border points of the national capital, are not met within two days.
Two women jumped out of a running cab in Punjab's Amritsar to escape molestation by the cab driver who allegedly tried to molest one of the women. However the driver was later arrested.
A woman in her mid-forties was allegedly killed inside a moving taxi and the body dumped in a canal off the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass in Kolkata, police said on Saturday.
Around 20 lakh people have lost employment and an equal number are staring at job loses as private bus and tourist taxi operators have been hit hard by the coronavirus lockdown, according to the Bus & Car Operators Confederation of India (BOCI).
Bike-taxi service provider Rapido on Monday said it has resumed normal operations in close to 100 cities in India following the new guidelines announced by the government for unlock 1.0.
The colour coded indicators, which would signal if the cab is free or occupied, are expected to bring down the rampant ride refusals by drivers.
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